Barrel-making machine.



E. W. ROBINSON-v6; H. P. FEISTER..

BARREL MAKING M AGHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1911.

Patented Feb. 4,1913.

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INVENTORS EDWARD w.

ROBINSON AND H. F! FEISTEE BY THEIR AT TORNEY WITNESSES Mn D M 6M 5 mg E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. FEISTER. BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 1911.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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III/l gm-m 2% N M w w $0 08 mm B E vm W D m W D E WITNESSES AND H P FEKSTER BY THEN? AT ORNEY E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. PEISTBR.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED APB..29, 1911.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

10 SHEETSSHEET 3 WITNESSES BMW INVE NTORS EDWARD W. ROBINSON AND H F. FEISTER BY THEIR ATTORNEY E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. FEISTER. BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AIB..'29, 1911. 1,052, 1 77, Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

iii 92 I /22 //4 -q INVENTORS [/3 "O EDWARD w ROBINSON AND H. E FElSTER E b BY THEIR ATTORNEY WITNE I 5553 4W1 gg z E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. FEISTER.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

A PPLIOATION FILED APB.29, 1911,

1 Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

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INVENTORb EDWARD wv ROBINSON 6W D'L WITNESSES Hv P EISTER wZlL/JZM/ BYTHEIR ATTORNE\/ Jul WITNESSES 615 111 aw-1U Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

10 SHEETS-SHEET 7.

INVENTOR5 EDWARD w.

ROBINSON AND H. F FEISTER BY THEIR ATTORNEY E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. PEISTER.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR..29, 1911.

1 ,052, 1 77. Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

10 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

WITNESSES 1 1 INVENTORS Z z EDWARD w. osmsow AND H.F? FEXSTER BY fTHElR ATTOFNEY E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. FEISTER. BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APILZQ, 1911.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

10 SHEETS'SHEET 9- WITNESSES M JZ 3 K Q: g; INVENTORS EDWARD W. ROBWSON AND H. F. FEISTER Jew THEIR ATTORFIEY E. W. ROBINSON & H. P. FEISTER.

BARREL MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1911 Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

10 SHEETS SHEET 10 Ill INVEN TOR$ EDWARD W. ROBIN 5 ON WITNESSES AND H. P. FEISTER BY THEIF? ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ROBINSON, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. AND HENRY P. FEISTER, OF PHILA- DELI'HIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO INTERNA- TIONAL BARREL COMPANY, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. A CORPORATION OF GEORGIA.

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. .1. 1913.

Application filed April 29, 1911. Serial No. 624,163.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EnwAnn 1V. Roms son and Honor P. Fnis'rnn, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in Savannah, Georgia. and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain lm provem'ents in. Barrel-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the manufacture of barrels of that type in which the staves are interwoven with a plurality of pairs of wires, whereby the staves are held in their proper relation to form the barrel. the ob jeet of our invention being to provide a machine for the manufacture of bilged barrels of this type having close fitting stares. This object we attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1. iso side'elevation of the main portion of the machine vconstructed in accordance with our invention, part. of the mechanism at, the left hand end of the machine bcing omitted; Fig. 2 is a side ele vation illustrating the mechanism at the left hand end of the machine, this view being on a larger scale than Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a. transverse section of part of the machine on the line aa., Fig. 1, but on a larger scale; Fig. 4 is alongitudinal vertical section of part of the machiueon a still larger scale; Fig.

5 is a transverse section of the machine on the line bl), Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a plan View of that portion of the machine illustrated in Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a transverse section illustrating the barrel-blank feeding devices of the machine; Fig. 8 is a transverse section of the stave gripping devices; Fig. 9

is a transverse section illustrating the devices for feeding successive staves into the |iiachine: Fig. 10 is a plan view of said devices; Fig. 11 is a section on the line c 6. Fig. 9; Fig. 12 is an end view of the stave feeding devices shown in Fig. 7; ig. 13 is a. sectional view on enlarged scale of certain wire-clamping devices shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 14 is a plan view of the wire cutting devices shown in Fig.4; Fig. 15 is a sectional view illustrating the c0nnection between successive barrel blanks upon which said wire cutting devices are intended to'act. 1G is a plan or top view of the complete machine, and Fig. 17 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showingthe parts in the position assumed by them after the formation of the barrel blank has been completed.

The machine as designed is intended to act upon staves which are originally flat but which, in the operation of the machine, are longitudinally bent or bilged and also tmnsversely bent into the form which they ultimately retain in the finished barrel. The stavcs thus shaped are interwoven with the desired number of pairs of wires, to produce what we ternra barrel blank the pairs of wires being twisted together for a certain length, after such barrel blank has been produced. and said twisted wires being then cut in order to permit the barrel blank to free itself from the machine.

In the accoinpanving drawings, 11 rep resent the opposite ide frames of the machine provided with suitable bearings for the main driveshatt 2 which, through the 'medium of suitable spur gears 3, 3*, 4, 5. 6

and 7. drive tour parallel-shafts t), 10, 11

and 12 likewise adapted to suitable bearings on the opposite side frames of the ma chine. 'lhe spur wheel 4 is provided with a radiallv adjustable slide 13 which can be secured in position after adjustment and which carries a-crank pin 14, the latter engaging" the lowcr end of a rod 15 whose upper end is provided with a rack 16 (Fig. 9) said rack being guided in a sleeve 17 pivotally mounted upon a shaft- 19, turn in in suitable bearings mounted upon the top of the side frames 1. Upon the shaft 19 is free to turn a spur wheel 20 which is in mesh with the rack 16. this spur wheel 20 having a pawl and ratchet connection 21 with the shaft 15) so that when the rack 16 is moved in one direction the spur wheel 20 will impart movement t said shaft. 19, but when the rack is moved in the opposite direction, said spur wheel will be free to turn on the shaft without imparting movementthereto. The shaft 1 through the medium of bevel gears 28 and 24 and spur gears 24*, imparts intermittent rotative movement to a series of shafts 25 each carrying a pair of spools 20 on which are wound the wires with which the stave-s of the barrel are to'be interwoven, the number of these shafts being dependent upon a stud 27 upon the number of pairs .of wires emplored in the construction of the barrel.

'Ihelmrrel produced upon the machine shown in the drawings is intended' t o have pairs of wires, consequently there are I rour shafts 25 and four pairs ofwire-spools,

each of the latter being 'rotatably mounted prQ ecting from its respectire shaft 25.

to engage the rear end of a stave and push said stave in the (llt'tt'tlOll olits length until its forward end is caught by the feeding and shaping rollers. of the machine which will The wires from each pair passing from these tension rings over rollers carried by the arms of a twister head '31 secured to and rotating with said shaft be hereinafter described. The outer portion of the pusher slide 36 rests upon a cam 53 on the shaft 4-1, the slide during its forward movement bearingupon the high portion of this cam so that the unset-3T is lifted into engagement with the ltjnvermost stave of the pile. but. on t-llQaOlltYill'd or retracting movement of the pusher slide 3t; the latter will rest upon the lower portion of the cam and the nose 3? will be dropped, so thatit f will not interfere with the descent of the the staves which are to be interwoven there 1 with.

in order to prevent overruning of the shafts 93 by momentum. each shaft has (-nred to it a disk 32 (Fig. which di k is provided with a notched lug 33 and in a hollow bracket above. each of these disks mounted so as to slide vertically a springactuated plungee fi t carrying at its lower end an anti-friction roller whieh normally tests in the notch of said lug 33 and prevents rotation of the disk 3) atall times except when rotative u'ioven'iel'it is being imparted to the corresponding shaft. 25 through the medium .of the gearing before. described the movement of each shaft being. thereby arrested after one or more turns have been imparted thereto, dependiugupnn the. number of twists to be formed in the. w es between the successive staves.

The states are piled one upon another in a hopper 35 at. one side of the machine and stave a t ter stave from the bottom of the pile is pushed into the machine by means of a reciprocating slide 36 adapted to suitahlc guitles'ou th frame of the. machine, the. rear end of this slide having a too 37 which en gages the reareud of the lowermost stave and, as the slide 36 moves inwardly, pushes said stave into the machine.

' The slide 36 is reciprocated by means of a crank pin 39 on .a disk 40, the latter being secured to a shaft {41 which is geared to a shaft 42 upon which is mounted, so as to be free to swing, an arm 43 carrying a pawl 41, the latter engaging with the teeth of a ratelnat wheel 4.5 on the shaft 4-2 (see F ig. 5!). The arm 43 is conuected by a rod 46 to a crank pin 47 on a disk 49 carried by a shaft 50, to wl'iich rotating motionis imparted by bevel gears 51 and 52 from the shaft. 10 '(see. I ig. 10). On each rotation of the shaft 50. therefore, movement of partial rotation will be imparted to the shaft 12 and a complete rotation to the shaft 41 so as to impart forward and backward move' ment to the pusher slide 36 to an extent sutlicient to cause the nose 3? of the latter pile of stares in the hopper and will he 95. from which rollers the wires pass to tree from scraping contact with the lowermost stare.

In the operation of the machine a certain number of staves 'are fed thereto and the feeding of the states is then arrested while the barrel blank is being carried forward and the wires are being twisted in the rear of the last inserted stave. For the purpose f thus arresting the feeding of the staves into the. machine we arrest at the proper time the reciprocation of the stave pusher 36. this result. being attained in the-following manner: Loosely mounted on the shaft 42 is a ratchet wheel 54 with whose teeth engage a p'awh 55 reeiproc-ated by means of a caiu 56 on the shaft'50 so as to impart a relatively slow rotating movementto said ratchet. wheel; Secured to or forming part of the ratchet wheel Mis a cam 57 whose high porti. m acts upon the pawl 44 to move the same out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchetwheel 45 on' the-shaft: 42, a suitable spring 4st sci-ring to maintain said pawl 44 1101111311) in engagement with said teeth. l-Vhen the pawl is out. of engagementwith the ratchet; wheel 45. no movementwvill he imparted to the shafts 41 and 42, and he reciprocating movements of the stave pusher 36 will be arrested. the movement being resumed when the lower portion of the cam 57 comes under the pawl 44 and permits the same. to resume its-engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 45. By regulating the length of the high portion of the cam 57. therefore. the stave feeding devices can be kept out of operation for any desired length of time.

The stave feeding and shaping devices of the machine are shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and areas follows: Extending transversely across the machine in line longitudinally with the center of the stave which is delivered by the stave pusher is a bar 60 whose under surface is arched to accord with the desired longitudinal curve or bilge of the stave. This bar provides a hearing for the forward ends of a series of shafts 61 of which there may be as many as desired, three be ing shown in the present instance, so as to the wire spools are rotated. hence further description of this mechanism w'lt be nn neces ury, the \ttIifllls parts (if the mecha nism C(fi'l'tbhtflltiiitfi to the parts 13. T4, 15. 1t 1?. 20 and. 21 toging numbered. respectiveiy. '13. 14. 15. it). 17". 20 and 21, the

provide fur a feeding action upon the stave hetwvvn the Ftl((i-i\'0 pair m in-a with t which ttw rtiitYtFv nrP intm-wmren. 'lhvsu shafts il are all rotated in the riilIlK ttiruo- I ittHl ii'ruin :i shaft 63 h\' means Ht interposed j spur ,Itltl'b. sin-h. for .itllxlkiiittf. 1h hiiwii hi tlwtteu' line; All 165 in Fig. I'hzt-h m" the i wait 'l hhving carried by the spur wheel 6. Amt iii hm: -(:t:l1l' :tl tu it twn ii, 2. 6 and I The StiUtLSSiYK btm'w are pushed from be 434. one before anti inn ot 1 wt it-w t-ur titi, tween the: funding anti shaping rjtevit'es by the periphvrjvs 0t" tht'se (lib. means nf hi-gs T9 carried by arms 90 which and H10 lUi-t tier film of tilt lmr U bein aililtkt! tn :Hfti'ui'ti 3 are mounted 2-;0 as to be tree (0 swing upon with the desired tl'ilIisYtiF-M} hunt or (tll'VP a rm'k'shat't 9t nmnnteif in suitable hearings if tin: stave. (See Fig; i.) Bvnmith the am the (rppfinitt side frames of the machine, hzu' H is mmthpr bur nhit'ii t'iit' it. Ft with (if siiiit arin 5 0 living connected by a rites of tnn-t rhafts Gt watch (if whit-ti i-i p11 tink J12 t4) :in arm J3 nn the rock shaft 71, as vided with :1. pair of disks 33 unit 6 corshown in Fig. i. Bucking iiiuvenwnts are l'espm'ntingg' in position with thv upper tt imparted tn the shaft 71 by means (if a (rain 63 and t the upper face 1) tiltj mar 63 and fit on the bpur whwst thiw cam mtting upon the peripherieh ()f the dis is t t-" and til bi an min 96 \Viitti'l i; minim-toil by an atijivsting t-nri'mt to ('UIlfOllD to the tiJSi'X't-fti trains :ihh: tint; 97 tn an arm i on the shaft HXH iNHti or curve of the Stfiitk ttr nisn TL. as sit'inwn in Fig. 1. hmvn in Fig. 4. The heir (i5 has. at tittiz pushed fn'i'card inm the mzn'hine the inrni t. n depending: arm 51' carrying at its .artt etigzr iii with stave iii-might ii :in tlltli'flKitnil rtiitvr whiih runs into minimwith it SPHOR (if \mtnait guith ti mat i'm'jig'iinria-iting tiiigvrs. 't has tower with .ii vminwmt m :i hit" it to which wrticntti" i'ti'itilUttttitlg nmtimi is imparted by nwiim iii" .i can; 102 mi the hiit'tfl 1t. thi$ mm aiming (mun an inti-fricti0n roller at tin hm'm' (nit iii kt rod 103. whose upper and iri ('tHUitICtQti to the bar 101. as shown in Fig. 3. BY this 1119311. Path stave imwi' I iz i-m t upper fate (if ii nun t= 15 lt-ttt'if 1 Er. .2 Hittin jiuitto Hptm 1hr fixm't train? and t ha ing rw-lpwcating n'mwnwnt imparted to it at the girnpvr inter 2115 hi (unnevtiun with an arm "4' upon a York shaft T1. to whivh i12- ttl'lttifiifitt, rocking IHOVQmPHi' is imparted in the nninner hereinafter described. By rm- .mn tit thin ight vertical nmwmeut Ff the, hit! (13 an? 4+ (iiSiQ. the hitter may he- I'iiifilid i chimp between and dish :imi ttw uppvs i k5; (33 :h'lti (34 21 Stave \x'hi h is twing: ttu't (:LHPYW v intn the nun-him. I --h t trap in the hnr 13B tilti'i its it Hi ting: 1h hi3? ti; he in] mi t ruling (hViCii: :it'tvr .i-iiii i iztty the tiitwiiiiit aini prtigrarty hniwd hu jh hinfjituiiinzihr tl'eiiwwrmty, I litfliii" St i) 6 F1" vrmhH-H ,Jiti'i 1th" forward Pst (if it) whirh i1- ht g' fed iatornity into rhin n m! s insnri-q the prn ier in: mat it Hit of the writ-50f rum (it 12m m'rtr s in m PXP'iZ tit" tin, i '1 tutti-arty intu i it. girnp r {itwHitiiit'l in tilt siitu'iiine, it P355852 mitt hetii'vcn thr nin'wrwis'o pairs it Firm; hy

"ii Whit"? ii i. i'i'viitinitty in 'tw retriiiit-it in the i 'n-sitinn nf rum m the Wilfi Lil iiini tit" tint parth wiiperat it such ht in maintain the :mri'naily in wparated maniwr thi-i warp tin not. twmrr t ltlitz-i ig o thwi with in: miii-itutiivg :hv upen shat f a (it the preceding :50 iii he .wi'avw raring prefer- U resent the igeuni? T? s 1 63'" I if w t m (if his Win -(E that tiw in I nnvnt i: iii Wifi l m ining; h t'tifih may meet. and i iilttt'i i twith wt thv few. with iii-n inn contact with one is; 4 m imrirrthe ft'kiiittgf it; iii" t-r that this nmy he ett'ecinto h i may it i. :niviscihiv t0 firmly retain intt liiiiii ttitp'.

:tnwt I (Fig. 4} from .1 transverse $t' it 1 name. nmi [)tjigitb \w emptiry a to 'S' 'itit tnnrnieiit mi by painit damping Jaw. it); and W5 (Fig. 4} sim 'ir ta tht w vmpiu m: it 111:: rtingg innnv on the iuttilje (it tha ritiu' l and one on H tn i the imiiir t the same. we wt. these jaws heward hr the feeding device hereinafter (le i numbed whieh a t upon the barrel blank '(:1ti])li il|f a slit t'thmiOIl ot stavea which have been interwmen with the wiree in the manner dewrihed. the innernto t jaw 1 is the movable one, said jaw heing prmided at, each end with a de euding arm tttt' {Fig 5) forked at its lower end so a to traddle the shaft L l and provided with an antitritttion roller which a acted upon hv a ram 107 on aid shaft 91.

tter eueh ta\e haa heen preesed torardi v into eontaet with the preceding tate and hetere the twisting of the wires in the rear oi v aid last. iltSQltCtl stave. it is ad\ i ahle to close aid ires firmiv onto the tave a ,to iu ure a tight fit of the wires to the ta\e.- and therein maintain the latter in eentact with one another. For thi pun post we employ a ei'ier ot' fingers 109 and li one ah ve and one helow eaeh pair ot' wir and at the proper times we impart rtwipr eating movement to these lingers so that the will appr ach eat-h other just in the rear f the hat imerted stave and thrust the wires tirmlv into eontaet with the outer and inner tat-t -t said stave. the wires heing held in thi position until the same have heen twinted together and thereh retained. whereupon the tingei's l0!) and 110 are separated t'rem ne another so a; to permit the \\ire t' each pair to \eparate prior to the introduetion of another xtave. The lower tingem lti'.) are eeeuret'l to a hat 111 which i eonnerted h a rod 112 to an arm 11301111 rot-It shah 'tlt. the latter having-another arm H3 (Fig. ti provided with an anti-j t'rietion roller whi h is acted upon by a cam li on the pur wheel 5. The upper wire t'l i\illj ting-er: 110 are carried by a har 117 tertieallv guided in th upper p rtion ot' the maehiue and mid hat is reeiproeated hv ((HHHt'tltlll with one arm of a lever 119, \\'ho. e other arm is ennueeted to a depending rod lit provided. at its: lower end, with an anti-t rietion roller which is acted upon hv a eatn lQl earried h v a disk 122 on the hatt l1.

\Yhat we have termed the harret hlank tr-i t ol :1 numher ot' staves sufficient to (Ullhtit llt' the dexired barrel, interwoven with paire ot' \\'itt( twisted between the suceexsive etaves and in order to feed this hlank t'orwardlv during tn t'ormation we employ t'eeding devic s at each end of the harrel hlatiltl thew l \'itl;4 t'tititlH'iSiIlQ inner and outer jaws I23 and tilt l' r {gjrippiug the ta\e\' at ea h end. the awa at ea -h end ot l wttlVt.

the v\tave heing tieltlinglv tntutltted upon theouter portion of an arm 12.! which can t' Jt .l\' freely upon the central hatt l Ht that the jaws can he opened o eleaxe their h iii In the present instance upon the stave or closed so to grip the same.

Secured to the shaft 91 adjacent to each of the arms is another arm 126 which rocks with the shaft and has formed in it two cam slot: 126 (Fig 12) which receive bushings 127 ttil'mllltlillg bolts 12f). one projecting from the jaw 123 and the other from the jaw 1334. As the arm 126 swings forwardly with the rock haft 9]. the first ett'ect of such movement is to cause the cam slots to drive the jaws 123 and 121 toward each other and cause them to grip the ends of the stave, turther forward movement of the arm 126 being thereafter imparted to the stave so a to carry the same forward in the are of a circle corresponding with that traverxed by the jaws.

'Rocking movement: in one direction is imparted to the hat't 91 h means of a cam 130 on the spur wheel 7 (Fig. 1), this cam a ting upon an anti-trietion'roller carried by one arm of a lever till. hung to a Fttltl on the v ide frame of the tnaehine. movement in the opposite direction heing imparted to said lever 131 hv a weight 1 1; u peuded hv a rope or wire 13!) trom a quadrant 134 on the lever. conta t of :1 lug 13.7 on the lever with a stud 136 on the aide t'rame limiting the movement which ran he impart d to the lever under the pull o the weight thereon. The lever 121 is connected hv a link 137 to an arm 13.) on the shaft 91. and Said arm also earries a pawl H0 which engages with the teeth of a rat het wheel 1 ll, theae teeth eomprising a aeriesof eoarse or long teeth extending throughout the greater portion of the periphery ot the ratehet wheel and a series of much v horter teeth extending throughout the remainder of said periphery.

On one ide of the ratehet wheel 141 is a eam 1-1-2 which aeta upon an auti't'rietion roller carried he a. weighted lever ttft hung to one of the side t ratnw ot the machine. thia lever. when under the intluenee of the ram 14?. serving to nga e a tug 144 car-- ried h an arm 14.) on the lever 131. and thereby limit the movement of said lever. under the influence of the weight 132. after the lever has heen moved in the opposite (iireetiou hy the action of the earn 130.

During the feeding of the staves to form the harrel hlanlt the lever 143 is free from the influence of the eam 142, and consequently exercises no restrictive influence on the movement of the lever 131, the latter having its full nving. which causes more tllt'llt ot the pawl H0 t'rom tooth to tooth of the eear e teeth of the ratchet wheel 141 and movement. of the Ftave feeding jaws 123 and 124 to the extent of the full Width of a When, however, the proper number ot r-lt'\'L to constitute the desi ed barrel have heen interwoven with the pairs of wires and the further feeding of the staves rack 16 rising to form one twist and de scending to "form the next.

When the staves are originally flat and are forced into the curved shape which they assume in the barrel, the constant tendency of each stave to resume the flat form will cause it to press firmly again t the adjoitr ing staves and thus insure tight joints. lty the use of the tension rings 2% and 30 between the wire spools and the oint at which the wire is twisted, said wires are the bilged conditi n, and means for then feeding forwardly the secured and interwoven stave.

1. in a l'nachinc for making barrel coni posed of slaves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination (11' means for inn parting hingitudinal bend or bilge and transverse curuto the stavc means l'or feeding tl('(3t 5' l\'(" slaves in the dire tion jot their length to aid bending devices,

held firmly by said rings in c: 's't thev break i slaves with the pairs oi wires, and rigidly at the twisting p int, and the broken ends are thereby prevented from tlyin bat-l: over the spools: and can be readily re overed and rejoined.

Various modifications may be made in the details'of our machine without depait ing from its essential principles and mode of operation and our l'iroader claims are therefore independent of such minor details.

We claim:

1. in a machine for making barrels composed of stares interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for imparting longitudinal bend or bilge to the staves, means for feeding the slaves in the direction of their length between said stave bending devices, means for interweaving the pairs of wires with the stave while it is thus held in bilgcd condition and rigidly intersecuring said wires closely in the rear of the stave, and means for then feeding forwardly the secured and interwoven stave whereby the pairs of wires will retain it in the bilged condition.

2. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means tcr impart- -in lon itudinal bend or bil e to the staves. b 2:; 1

means for feeding successive staves in the direction of their length to said bending devices, means for gripping the staves between the bending devices, means f r interlocking the staves with the pairs of wires, and rigidly intersecuring the wires of each pair closely in the rear of each stave while it is thus held in bilged condition, means for releasing the secured vstave from the grip of the bending device and means for then moving the se ured stave ton \vardly beyond the bending devices.

25. in a machine for making barrels cont posed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for in'iparti ng longitudinal bend or bilge and transverse curve to ti o slaves, means tor teeding the ves in the direction of their length betwctn said stave bending devices means I p m the direction ot liltlI length between said bendirw done for interweaving the pairs of wires with the shoe while it is thus held in bilged coinlition and rigidly intcrsccurin e said wires closely in the rear of the stave, whereby the pairs of wires will retain the slave in means for gripping the -tavcs betvsccn the bending devi es. means l'or interlocking the intersect]ringthe wires oleach pair closely in the rear of each stn ve, while it i thus held in bilged -cl ndition. means l' r r-leasing the secured and interwoven stave from lllt' grip ot the bending devices and means 5'' then moving the secured and intervvov h stave forwardly beyond the bending do vices.

5. in a machine for nralqinp barreb, con posed of slaves interwoven with pairs ct wires, the combination of means for impart inn longitudinal bend or bilge to the --ltl\'tmeans for feeding bllt"(,(:- ,l\'( slaves in the direction of their length to said bending dcvices, means for interweaving the pairs ol' wires with the stave and rigidly interseruring t e wires of each pair closely in the rear of the v tave. and mean l'or t'orcing each stave in a direction transversely of its length into contact with the preceding secured and interwoven tave preparatory to the inter weaving and locking of the last introduced stave.

6. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires the combination of means: for imparting longitudinal bend or bilge to the slaves; means for feeding successive slaves in the direction of their length losaid bending dc vices, means for interweaving the pairs of wires with the stave and rigidly interset-uring the wires of each pair closely in the rear of the stave, means for forcing each slave in a direction transversely of its length into contact with the preceding secured and intel-woven stave preparatory to the interweaving and securing ot' the last introduced stave, and clamping means for gripping and holding said previous stave while the last introduced stave being forced into contact t here with. i

T. in a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs at wires the combinaion of means for imparting longitudinal bend or bilge to the slaves, means for forming open sheds of the pairs c wires, means fir leeding successive stavcs and into the open sheds of the pairs f wow, means for then closing t te wires upon the inner and outer faces of the staves, means for then rigidly ltltLPdl'lll lOO ing the wires closely at the rear of the stave while the same is retained in the bent or bilged condition, and means for then feeding the secured and interwoven stave in a direction transversely of its length from between the bending devices.

8. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for feeding successive staves forwardly through the machine, means for engaging the pairs of wires with the successive staves, means for rigidly gripping and maintaining a preceding stave while the last inserted stave 18 being pushed up against the same and then releasing said precedin stave, and means for feeding forwardly t e staves which have been engaged by the pairs of wires.

9. In a machine for making barrels composed ofstaves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for forming a barrel blank by interweaving successive staves with pairs of wires, and a barrel blank feeder comprising stave gripping jaws, swinging arms carrying the same, and means for closin the jaws upon the staves preparatory to orward movement of said aws and for releasing the jaws from the staves preparatory to backward movement of said jaws.

10. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for interweaving successive staves with pairs of wires, means for feeding the staves forwardly to the extent of the width of the stave between successive interweaving operations, means for discontinuing the supply -of staves atintervals, means controlling thei'st'ave feeding means previously 'd whereby, durin the-discontinuance avei ijsupplyfre ativ'ely short movemm s of' Zthe"interwovenstaves will be effected, and means for twistin the pairs of wires during the time that suc short movements are being efl'ected.

11. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for interweaving successive staves with pairs of wires, means for feeding the staves forwardly to the extent of, the width of the stave between successive interweaving operations, means for discontinuing the supply of staves at intervals, means controlling the stave feeding means previously named, whereby, durin the discontinuance of the stave supply re atively short movements of the interwoven staves will be effected, means for twisting the pairs of wires during the time that such short movements are being efi'ected, and means for severing, at a poim between its ends, the length of twisted wiresthus produced.

12. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for interweaving successive staves with pairs of wires, means for feedin the successive staves forwardly until a iarrel blank has been produced, means for then discontinuing the supply of staves while still continuing the forward feed of the blank, means for twisting the wires durim the latter feeding operation, and a barrel blank feeder comprising stave gripping jaws of such length as to brid e the space between the last stave of one Earrcl blank and the first stave of a succeeding barrel blank, swinging arms carrying said jaws, and means for closing the jaws upon the staves reparatory to forward movement of said aws and releasin the jaws from the staves preparatory to ackward movement of the jaws.

13. In a machine for making barrels composed of staves interwoven with pairs of wires, the combination of means for inter weaving successive staves with pairs of wires, stave gripping jaws, swinging arms carrying the same, and other swin ing arms having cam engagement with sai jaws so as to move the same toward and from each otherfat' the ends'of the swinging movements of the jaw carrying arms.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD W. ROBINSON. HENRY P. FEISTER. Witnesses:

Jamzs H. Brmcmx, J. F. Srnvaus.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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